3.0.0 268 2023-01-11T13:20:29Z 2023-01-11T13:20:29Z Senate S S 2011-02-03 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2011-05-25T21:47:44Z Referred to 2011-02-03T18:03:44Z 2011-05-25 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-131. Committee 2011-02-03 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2011-02-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2011-02-03 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2011-09-26 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Lakes and rivers Land transfers Land use and conservation Montana Outdoor recreation Parks, recreation areas, trails Roads and highways Watersheds Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2011-02-03 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-15T17:15:24Z Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2011 - Establishes the Montana Forest Jobs and Restoration Pilot Initiative under which the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall implement authorized forest and watershed restoration projects and other land management projects on certain eligible lands within the Beaverhead-Deerlodge and Kootenai National Forests in Montana to achieve the specified purposes of the Initiative and specified performance requirements.

Permits the inclusion of the Seeley Ranger District of the Lolo National Forest within the Initiative.

Requires the identification of one or more collaborative groups or resource advisory committees for each national forest within the Initiative.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) annually implement one or more authorized forest and watershed restoration projects on the eligible lands; (2) implement, in one or more certain watershed areas, those projects that provide landscape-scale work in order to minimize watershed entries; and (3) enter into stewardship contracts or agreements to carry out authorized forest and watershed restoration projects.

Designates specified lands administered by the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Montana as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS).

Releases: (1) certain BLM wilderness study areas from further study for designation as wilderness, and (2) the Sapphire and West Pioneer Wilderness Study Areas from further study for inclusion as components of the NWPS.

Designates specified federal lands in Montana as special management or recreation management areas.

Requires a specified all-terrain vehicle study and report.

]]> Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2011 Display Title Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to sustain the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land and other public land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to release certain wilderness study areas, to designate new areas for recreation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s268is/xml/BILLS-112s268is.xml 2011-05-25 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-131. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.